My lips are acting up again. Parching and cracking that is. I had this problem ever since I was ten when my family went to Genting Highlands for a holiday. Perhaps due to the cooler and drier air higher up the mountain, my lips started cracking. They became parched and red, and it took about a week to recover even after we returned. My relatives thought I had makeup on at such a young age!
Initially I thought nothing of it. Then the same thing happened the following year en route to Sydney. We took an overnight plane, and before we even got off the plane, my lips started cracking again. The second day in Sydney my lips were so cracked that I could hardly open my mouth to say a word!
It was then my aunt introduced Vaseline to me. She told me to apply it every night and morning. That night I applied it before going to sleep. When I woke up the next morning, my lips really became better. Within three days, my lips healed completely. I was happy and could enjoy the rest of my holiday in peace.
Then it happened again. After my lips healed, I stopped using the cream. Just after two days, signs of parching started again. So I had no choice but to continue using the cream, until we flew back home. Since then, each time whenever we go to a more temperate place, I was always worried about my lips parching.
Somehow my problem worsened when I reached adulthood. It escalated when we returned from Perth in 1999. Even though I applied lip balm throughout the trip, when I came back, my lips started parching and it did not recover until a few weeks later. It lasted for so long that in the end, I had to see a skin specialist.
The doctor did a few allergy tests for me. Besides the nickel and nickel-based products and cheap metal which I am allergic to, I have no other allergy. I even tested all the cosmetics I have, and nothing was wrong. The doctor could not come up with a good conclusion and just took it that my lips were more prone to dryness and parching, so he gave me some white soft paraffin to apply and discharged me.
The white soft paraffin did make my lips heal, but every once in a while, the parching will come back. I tried various lip balms and glosses, but after a while, my lips would start cracking. In the end, I went back to the best balm - Vaseline Petroleum Jelly. Not those that comes in little white or yellow tubes, but the pure yellow or white petroleum jelly that comes in little pots or containers.
So now whenever my lips started to act up again, I would always apply petroleum jelly. I always have it handy at home and whenever I go overseas, that is one important item that will never be missed. I do not know about others, but Vaseline Petroleum Jelly works for me anytime, even with ultra sensitive lips!
Initially I thought nothing of it. Then the same thing happened the following year en route to Sydney. We took an overnight plane, and before we even got off the plane, my lips started cracking again. The second day in Sydney my lips were so cracked that I could hardly open my mouth to say a word!
It was then my aunt introduced Vaseline to me. She told me to apply it every night and morning. That night I applied it before going to sleep. When I woke up the next morning, my lips really became better. Within three days, my lips healed completely. I was happy and could enjoy the rest of my holiday in peace.
Then it happened again. After my lips healed, I stopped using the cream. Just after two days, signs of parching started again. So I had no choice but to continue using the cream, until we flew back home. Since then, each time whenever we go to a more temperate place, I was always worried about my lips parching.
Somehow my problem worsened when I reached adulthood. It escalated when we returned from Perth in 1999. Even though I applied lip balm throughout the trip, when I came back, my lips started parching and it did not recover until a few weeks later. It lasted for so long that in the end, I had to see a skin specialist.
The doctor did a few allergy tests for me. Besides the nickel and nickel-based products and cheap metal which I am allergic to, I have no other allergy. I even tested all the cosmetics I have, and nothing was wrong. The doctor could not come up with a good conclusion and just took it that my lips were more prone to dryness and parching, so he gave me some white soft paraffin to apply and discharged me.
The white soft paraffin did make my lips heal, but every once in a while, the parching will come back. I tried various lip balms and glosses, but after a while, my lips would start cracking. In the end, I went back to the best balm - Vaseline Petroleum Jelly. Not those that comes in little white or yellow tubes, but the pure yellow or white petroleum jelly that comes in little pots or containers.
So now whenever my lips started to act up again, I would always apply petroleum jelly. I always have it handy at home and whenever I go overseas, that is one important item that will never be missed. I do not know about others, but Vaseline Petroleum Jelly works for me anytime, even with ultra sensitive lips!
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